Une Vue D’ensemble Sur Melka Kunture, Grand Complexe De Sites Pléistocènes Dans La Vallée Supérieure De L’awash (Éthiopie)
L' anthropologie/L'Anthropologie(2022)
摘要
Melka Kunture is a cluster of Pleistocene sites, extending over Sigma 100 km(2) between 2000 and 2200 m asl, in the upper Awash Valley of Ethiopia. Starting around 2 million-years ago, the archaeological sequence includes sites with lithic productions of the Oldowan, Early Acheulean, middle Acheulean, final Acheulean, Early Middle Stone Age, Middle Stone Age and Late Stone Age. All over the Pleistocene, the climate was rainy and cooler than at the lower elevations of the Rift Valley, allowing the development of Afromontane vegetation. Hippopotamuses are ubiquitous and dominant in terms of biomass, but Alcelaphini are well represented, notably with genus Connochaetes and genus Damaliscus. Hominin fossils have been discovered in association with the Oldowan, the Early Acheulean, the middle Acheulean and the Early Middle Stone Age. Animal tracks and hominin footprints have also been documented, the latter ones in layers dated between 1.2 and 0.7 million-years. (C) 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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Melka Kunture,Oldowan,Acheulean,Middle Stone Age,Late Stone Age
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